As a nurse advocate, I recently returned to taking clients on in my practice. My role is to help coordinate care, break down barriers, and find the resources my patients need to address their healthcare needs. I work with all members of the healthcare team, the...
Over the past few weeks, my husband and I drove from South Florida to the Thousand Islands Region on the St. Lawrence River and Eastern Lake Ontario. This was our first vacation since COVID-19. We made stops along the way to visit family and friends. We got...
I am excited to share my Annual Summer Reading List. I put this list together each year with the help of family and friends to provide some ‘good reads’ for your Summer Reading. This list is used year-round to help you find books to keep you company, to help you...
I hope you are doing well and keeping busy. In this week’s post, I wanted to ‘catch you up’ on a few things that I have been doing. Take a minute to read the post and click on links throughout the posts. Feel free to share the information with your family,...
Today, patients are encouraged to use patient portals to keep up to date with lab work, appointments, payments, and doctor visits. In theory, this is a great idea, but complex patients can have multiple patient portals, making the system more fragmented, disconnected,...
I love this time of the year when I find videos of commencement speeches. Recently this speech from Hampton University popped up in my Facebook Memories and it make me think about how we live our lives and where we are today as a country, and as a world. With all...
Each year, I compile two lists; one is my Professional Reading List, and the other is my Summer Reading List. I send out the Summer Reading list the week of July 4th and the Professional Reading list right before Labor Day. Both lists have been well received and...
As we move forward from the COVID 19 Pandemic, we are learning that there are many people who have gone above and beyond to help their fellow man. In this week’s post, I wanted to recognize the work a friend and case management colleague who went above and beyond to...
Being kind is something we all learn as children. If you have children, you watch them and remind them to be kind to other children at the playground, in your home and other places where children meet. Yet, every day we hear about terrible things that people do to...
Over the weekend I learned my friend, who is battling cancer, had see a specialist in Miami. Since COVID she has been seeing most of her doctors virtually, but because she has had a new lesion, the hematologist wanted to see her in his office. She is weak, suffering...
Over the past few months, I have gotten back to doing onsite nursing case management and what I call nurse advocacy. It has been an eye-opening experience. I find my key role is finding resources for my patients and improving communication between members of the...
My husband often says that to fix something, you need the right tools. This is true in all aspects of life, but most of all in healthcare. To help people be active participants in their healthcare, they need the information to understand the rationale in their plan of...
I recently reconnected with Gloria Donnelly, a nurse leader and educator I have followed since I became a nurse in Philadelphia in 1973. As a nurse, I have always looked to her over the years to gain her insights to see where healthcare is going. As we are in a time...
I met Joanne Evans over 20 years ago. She worked for the American Nurses Credentialing Center, and I had just coauthored the Nurse Case Management Review and Resource Manual for the organization. ANCC had added onsite training for nurses who wanted to sit for the...
Patient Safety is something we are all responsible. To help raise awareness I did a series of videos during Patient Safety Week to provide information that all can use. I hope you will take time to watch each one or read the transcript, but most of all do what you can...
As I mentioned in my post of March 8, We all Responsible for Patient Safety. To raise awareness, March 14th-20th is designated as Patient Safety Week. The goal is to educate and empower people to know what they can do to stay safe when they, thier families and friends...
Patient Safety Week will take place next week, but I wanted to share this post a little early so you can start thinking about how you protect your safety when you enter the healthcare system. Whether you are a patient, a family member, or a healthcare professional,...
I am excited to share my latest publication, The 2021 Special Report: Stepping Up to Certification. This Report is an updated version of the 2018 Report. I originally wrote this Report because I wanted to have a document to send to those looking to Step Up to...
